Why the study?
Does advanced age affect the use of major interventions, costs, and mortality outcomes in patients admitted to a medical intensive and coronary care unit?
Population
2,693 admissions to a medical intensive and coronary care unit during a two-year period, including elderly…
Comparison
Medical intensive and coronary care unit… vs Medical intensive and coronary care unit…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year after discharge
Authors
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Elderly ICU patients face higher mortality with more interventions despite similar costs; leaves open whether age-specific protocols warrant prospective evaluation.
Does advanced age affect the use of major interventions, costs, and mortality outcomes in patients admitted to a medical intensive and coronary care unit?
Elderly patients admitted to the ICU/CCU receive more major life-support interventions and have higher mortality than younger patients, despite similar hospital lengths of stay and charges.
Edward W. Campion (1981) studied this question.
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